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- 3691: Amelia Earhart
- ... rather "the girl" as they insisted on calling her. Even President Coolidge had gave his personal congratulations to Amelia. On to London, then to the States to a full calendar of tours. Amelia was in great demand on the lecture circuit and pictured frequently in the newspapers. Behind the scene, George Putnam kept Amelia's name in the forefront of everyone's mind and in the pages of newspapers across the ... for a dropped right wing and the plane swung to the left out of control. The undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft slide along the runway on its belly. Fortunately there was no fire but a great deal of damage was done to the plane. The Electra was shipped back to California for repairs as Amelia continued to make plans for another attempt at the around-the-world trip. Amelia decided since ... the search was abandoned by ships in the Howland area. George continued to seek help in the search, but by October he too abandoned all hope of finding them alive. Amelia Earhart had lived a great life and was awarded in history as one of the greatest women to ever live. She had accomplished many things as a pilot that no women had ever sccopmlished before. Though her love for ...
- 3692: Jazz Movement In The 1960s
- ... One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" still can bring chills to those who watched live as he took his first steps onto the lunar soil. However, the country also suffered several great losses, and had some hardships. The 60's were still a time of racial injustice, toward blacks and nearly all minorities. For some reason, the white Americans were able to fly to the moon, but ... on television as racial violence erupted in Birmingham, Alabama. In a span of just 5 days over 2,500 blacks were arrested, showing that equality was still quite a way in the future. In a great loss to all Americans, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. During his lifetime, however, he was able to influence millions, leading a march on Washington, D.C. in August 1963, and he saw both the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 pass through congress and become laws. The country saw another great American in the 1960's: John F. Kennedy. As the country was enjoying a rather prosperous beginning of the decade, the young and good-looking Kennedy held the presidency. Kennedy was charismatic, and brought ...
- 3693: Oedipus-concepts Of Sight
- ... affect Oedipus life, family and city. Although the gods do not initially favor Oedipus, his kingdom sees him as a noble ruler. Oedipus pride prevents him from seeing the truth and this leads to his great fall. His pride forces him to kill his father because he refuses to pay a toll and give up the right of way. Oedipus is so blinded by his pride that he can not accept ... murderer of Laios. He describes the murderer of Laios as blind instead of seeing, beggar instead of rich, he will make his way to foreign soil, feeling his way with a stick (31). This is great foresight on behalf of Tiresias. All of these things will later come true when Oedipus falls from power and blinds himself. It is Tiresias who is the first person to tell Oedipus that he has ... caused by Laius and Jocasta s blind way of handling their problems. With a little help from the gods, who did not hold Oedipus in favor, his blind choices and quick temper lead to his great fall. Even though Oedipus is not physically blind like Tiresias, he is blind to the actuality of the actions of his life. Because of this, it is ironic that Oedipus is morally blind when ...
- 3694: Princess Diana 2
- ... led to her obsession with her weight and appearance. She developed an eating disorder called bulimia (Delano 51). She often over exercised and stressed over dieting. The public often blamed Diana s illness on her depression and insecurities (Donnelly 49). During Diana s life, she devoted much of it to helping others. Especially the poor and less fortunate (Donnelly 122). She also did a lot with benefits and charities to raise ... money. Diana had a few special charities, which were her favorites. She donated the most to these. They were the Leprosy Mission, English National Ballet, National AIDS Trust, Royal Marsden NHS Trust and London s Great Ormond St. Hospital for children (Donnelly 96-97). Over the years, Diana did so much charity work. She often donated food, clothes, and money to starving children and the less fortunate (Delano 64-65). She ...
- 3695: Warren G. Harding
- ... got the President's signature on their bills. They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the ... ones that keep me walking the floors nights!" Looking wan and depressed, Harding journeyed westward in the summer of 1923, taking with him his upright Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover. "If you knew of a great scandal in our administration," he asked Hoover, "would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?" Hoover urged publishing it, but Harding feared the political ...
- 3696: Satire in Lilliput
- ... a fantasy kingdom full of creatures they can relate to_little creatures, like themselves. Few casual readers look deeply enough to recognize the satire just below the surface. But Jonathan Swift was one of the great satirists of his or any other age, and "Gulliver's Travels" is surely the apex of his art. "Gulliver's Travels" tells the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon who has a number ... both metaphorically, as in being entranced by them, and literally. It is in this chapter that Gulliver first asks to be freed and is refused. As Chapter III opens, Gulliver and his captors have become great friends. Much in the style of a travelogue, Gulliver describes for the reader some of the unusual forms of entertainment practiced by the Lilliputians. For instance, anyone desiring a high position at court is required ... holds the stick, raises or lowers the stick suddenly and without warning, so the performer is obliged to change tactics midstream. Winners receive a snippet of colored thread, which they wear on their clothing with great pride. Gulliver delights the Emperor by inventing some new forms of entertainment, also; one involves making the calvary perform military maneuvers on the drum-taut surface of his handkerchief, stretched above the ground, but ...
- 3697: Killer Angels
- ... Shaara gives us a dozen characters worth caring about from both armies, and then plunges them into one of the most terrible things in America's history the "Battle of Gettysburg" The book is a great depiction on the American Civil War. The book is repulsing, the massive slaughter of "Americans by Americans" over human slavery. There was also a highly accurate portrayal of the action, and the command challenges at ... title. [pg.188-9] There's no better summary of their relationship than when the proud and practical Sergeant says, "Colonel, you're a lovely man." He shook his head. "I see at last a great difference between us, and yet I admire ye, lad. You're an idealist, praise be." [pg.188] It takes both kinds of men to make a great army. The Killer Angels offers many insights into the minds of the men who were there. They had their agonized choices, and their choices to disobey their duties and suffer the circumstance. A perfect ...
- 3698: Annexation Of The Phillipians
- In my opinion The United States ordeal with Annexing the Philippines and the idea that we had of going into war with them was great mistake and should have been avoided. The Filipinos and Americans were deadlocked in war with each other. This all became a controversy with the two nations in 1898 when the Treaty of Paris between Spain ... always has to be the big bad nation that everybody should be scared of! First of all I think that the if we would have maybe let some of the well respected citizens in our great nation to speak their opinions and if the government would have listened to the that maybe we could have evaded war and ended our struggle with the Filipinos peacefully. One example of the great citizens that I was talking about would be Mark Twain who said "We have robbed a trusting friend of his land and his liberty; we have debauched America s honor and blackened her face ...
- 3699: Play It Again Rita
- Play It Again Rita The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell gained great popularity especially during the early eighties. There has also been a movie made from it starring Julie Walters and the more famous Michael Caine. As so often the case, the movie was more elaborate with ... several actors while the play only featured two, Frank and Rita. After having read the play and seen the movie I am struck by a number of differences. Seemingly subtle, many small details have a great impact on how the story can and is being perceived. The movie offers much more background information on other characters and events that are important to the story. 'The Screenwriter's Bible' by David Trottier ... an audience craves. Many of the principles can and should be applied to any story whether a screenplay, theatric play, novel or short story. The play is much more predictable in the sense that a great many things are bound not to happen on stage. In fact nothing taking place outside Frank's office can be seen by the audience. All action is inevitably confined within these four walls. When ...
- 3700: Walt Disney
- ... his ideas. To open up his own business and start making cartoons Walt had to take many risks. He had to take an even bigger risk borrowing millions of dollars to open Disneyland. It took great leadership skill to build up the Disney Empire and make it such a success. Walt Disney was a film making pioneer. The first synchronized sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (1928) was his creation, as was the ... Disneylands circle-Vision 360, 1955). This remarkable mans many achievements also include the longest-running prime time television series (1954-1983), the Academy Award-winning true-life adventure nature films. Walt had many great ideas that he needed to share with others. The was a great persuading leader, he had to make others believe in him and accept his ideas. Walt knew how to tell his ideas to other and get them excited about his new idea and want to ...
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